Brigitte Bardot’s legacy: “She left everything to animals, but by law half of her $65 million must go to her son who she called ‘a tumor'”

Large part to foundation for the protection of animals e 50% to the child defined as a “tumor”. Con the death of Brigitte Bardotwhich took place yesterday 28 December, the chapter of his opens inheritance. According to the ratings of Celebrity Net Worth reported by the French media, the heritage of the diva would be attested around 65 million dollarsthe result of image rights, over 80 songs, sales of photographs, royalties on 60 films, collaborations with luxury brands and real estate. The French actress and singer had been preparing the documents to define the succession for some time.

Most of the assets was destined to the Brigitte Bardot Foundationl’animal protection organization founded by her in 1986 and based in her villa in Saint-Tropez. Among the assets conveyed to the institution there are copyrights, financial resources, the Madrague – a villa on the French Riviera of which he had retained the fruitful use – and rights linked to countless musical and cinematographic productions. The Brigitte Bardot Foundation will not, by law, receive the diva’s entire estate. The legacyin fact, it will have to be currency with the little loved son Nicolas.

“I would have preferred to give birth to a puppy”

In 1960 Brigitte Bardot has become mother of Nicolas-Jacques Charrier. The child, born from the marriage between the French star and the actor Jacques Charrier, spent most of his childhood with his father and grandparents. In an interview, Bardot said that the pregnancy was unwanted and of having experienced the 9 months as “something imposed” e “a tragedy, a nightmare”. In 1962 Brigitte decided to give up custody of the child. Over the years the relationship between the two remained distant. Nicolas moved to Norway, where he started a family while trying to stay away from the media as much as possible.

The bond between mother and son soured when Bardot, in her book “Initials BB“, he described the birth of child like “a tumor” and that she would have preferred to give birth to a puppy. Despite tense relations, Nicolas is entitled to 50% of his mother’s inheritance. French law, in fact, provides a hereditary reserve (legitimate inheritance) to protect the children, equal to at least half of the assets.